Veteran Global Business Leaders Remain Bullish IERG canvassed global business leaders, 90% with over ten years of international commercial transaction experience, across all major industries and company sizes. Industry sectors include: Technology, Consumer, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Finance, and Consulting. IERG experts identified the following macro trends: International business growth expectations are Anticipated risks are more diverse but political (30%) and payment (20%) concerns dominate overwhelmingly positive
Only 7% expect international business transactions to decrease in the foreseeable future.
Considering the wide spectrum of geographies, surprisingly, legal (4%) and security concerns at (2%) are not at the forefront.
Asia Pacific and EME Countries are seen as the areas with the most potential
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A close race between the Asia/ Pacific region and EME Countries, with South America not far behind. The view on North America may be based on inherent bias of international business leaders. It appears that Africa is not yett considered a major opportunity.
